Vapor producing and distributing apparatus.



H. N. ATWCOD & F. w. SATTERTHWAITE.

VAPORPRODUQlNG AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS; APPLICATION FILED MAY'IB. 1915.

1,169,452., Patented Jan. 25,1916.

Harry M Azmmm HARRY N. ATWOOD AND rnenx W. SATTERTHWAITE, 0F READING, IENNSYLVANIK.

VAPOR PRODUCING AND DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRY N. A'rwoou and FRANK W. SATTERTHWAITE, both citizens of the United States, residing at Reeding, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vapor Producing and Distributing Apparatus, which the following is a specification,

Our invention relates to apparatus particularly adapted for use in protecting orchards or the like from frost, though applicable also to other uses involving dis-- tributed-vapor treatment, as for instance insect fumigation.

It consists in the improved means for simultaneously producing and distributing smoke or other required vapor, hereinafter fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing and the novel features of which are specifically pointed out in the claims.

The drawings illustrate a simple embodiment of the invention in which the essential elements of the complete apparatus are cooperatively arranged in a preferred mannor; Figure 1 being a side elevation, and

Fig. 2 an end. view thereof.

An internal combustion engine, of any desired form, is indicated at 2; it being mounted upon a suitable bed plate or frame 3 which also carries a receptacle 4 forgasolene or other gaseous fuel, upon a frame bracket 5. Connected to the engine shaft 6, is a suitable fan 7 driven thereby.

An. exhaust-conduit 10, arranged to receive the products of combustion from the engine cylinders, has its discharge end 11 located, as indicated, adjacent to the face of the rotary fan, 'so that the discharge therefrom will beproperly subjected to the distributing action of the fan.

A second receptacle 15, for storage of crude oil or other suitable vaporizablematerialas desired, is supported upon a frame bracket 16, and is provided with a feed tube 17 arranged to deliver a determined flow of-such material to the engine-exhaust conduit 10; so that said material will be subjected to the vaporizing action of the vaporizable material being combined with said products of combustion in the conduit,

Specification of Letters Patent.

driven thereby, and means the produced vapor to the action of said apparatus comprising a gas engine, a

' Patented m aaieic.

Application filed May 18,1915. Serial No. 29,009.

as indicated, and discharged therewith in vaporized form. The effect of this utilization of the exhausting products of combustion is to continuously produce, by its action upon the crude oil particularly mentioned,

a dense smoke adapted to serve most efi'ectively as a smudging vapor; and such vapor is simultaneously spread by the action of the fan 7 to which the engine which produces said products of combustion is operatively connected. 4

The bed plate or frame 3, upon which the parts of the apparatus are jointly mounted as described, may itself beadvantageously mounted upon a relatively fixed frame 20, so as to be rotatable upon the. latter; thus permitting the whole apparatus to be conveniently rotated for the purpose of directing the distribution of the produced Vapor as desired. Provision maybe made for automatically starting the engine electrically, under thermostatic control, to insure the desired protection against frost. The preferred construction and arrangement particularly set forth as illustrating the 1nvention, may be readily modified without departing from the essentials thereof as specifically pointed out in the claims. What'we claim is:

1. A vapor producing and distributing apparatus comprising'a gas engine, a fan for continuously subjecting suitable material to vaporizing action of the exhausting products of combustion of the engine and for presentfing an. 2. A vapor -producingand distributng an driven thereby, and means for continuously subjecting suitable material to vaporizing action of the exhausting products of combustion of the engine and for present ng the produced vapor to the action of said all of said elements being secured to a rotatably mounted supporting frame.

3. A vapor producing and distributing apparatus. comprising a gas engine, .a fan driven thereby, a conduit for the exhausting products of combustionof the engine, a contiguous conduit for vaporizable material, and means for delivering the produced vapor to the distributing action of the fan.

4. A vapor producinganddistributing apparatus comprising a gas engine, a' fan In testimony whereof We afiix our.'signadriven thereby, a conduit for the exhausting tures.

productfs 03f 1.comhustiog of fthe enginf, H ARR'YN ATWOOD 4 means or e ivering a 0 0 vaporizab e 5 material into said conduit, nd means for de- FRANK E WA livering the combined flows to the dis- Witness: 7

tributing action of the fan. ADAM'. L. Omnnmm 

